How to give blood "that glossy look?"

if it's just a small amount like a bullet wound or something like that i'd just brush a little Future over it

Ya just bullet wounds and stuff, no gory messes.  I would use future, but the thing is I dont have any :(.  Ill probably invest in a bottle (invest, who am i kidding its like what 9 dollars?) since ive heard so many great uses for it, but for now Im just trying to get a quick "shine" on it.  Also any ideas with colors?  Its the kind of thing wher IMO it would look terible just one shade off.

Not sure where you are, but the local grocery store has Future for like five buck. :)

As for shade, try to stay away from really bright reds.  Blood darkens as it dries, so you want somthing a bit more brown and a bit less bright red.  Basically, stay away from the colros that just scream RED or it will look cartoony.

Ya your right Ill go get a bottle of future.  By the way for the color your right blood gets a lot darker when dried, especially if it seems into a fabric of some sort or ground.  However Im making an Omaha diorama of one of the first waves so the blood I am depicting is very fresh, and its on the decking of an LCM from a fallen crewmember and some soldiers of the 29th that didn't make the drop, so it should be kind of light I think.

IanIsBored2000 wrote:

the blood I am depicting is very fresh, and its on the decking of an LCM from a fallen crewmember and some soldiers of the 29th that didn't make the drop, so it should be kind of light I think.

Not really. From personal experience. Blood on a dark surface, the road in my case, is quite dark, even when fresh. Unless it's against a light background, blood will appear maroon. If you've ever donated blood, venous blood is the color of liver. Arterial blood will be redder because it fully oxigenated. Any spilled blood would be a combination of these and tend towards the darker shades.

Remember, in the wet well deck of a landing craft there won't be pools of blood.  Blood, puke (probably more puke than blood), and sea water will all be sloshing around and flowing into the scuppers to the bilge.   Flow some Future on the inclined deck and allow it to back up and puddle some in the raised cleats.  Then swirl the smallest drop of thinned blood-red acrylic in the puddle of Future.   Some styrene sanding dust in the Future will make the chunks in the vomit (maybe a bit of puke green in the Future too).  Watch a few episodes of CSI for what high velocity blood splatter will look like on vertical surfaces. 

Less is more.

Great ideas Ed, Ill definately try that out when I get to that point.  Thanks guys, Ian